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I'm going ahead and deciding that astronaut is no longer the awesome job I thought it was when I was younger. I'm good on that.
maybe not on your lifetime but at the speed of current progress, maybe your son or grandchildren can become space settler to terraform mars in the next generation (that literally coolest thing ever)
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If there was any political motivation at all it would simply be to save Boeing's arse. They're one of two commercial airliner manufacturers in the world, so the US clearly has a vested interest in keeping them running.
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip, That started from this tropic port Aboard a Boeing ship Two astronauts went up that day, They both were brave and true, The Starliner delivered them, To join ISS crew. ...for an eight day station tour. The testing on the Starliner, Was thoroughly performed. Although it probably was safe, The NASA team were warned. So the Starliner came home to Eart…
Here is the original song (for those who are ignorant like me): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSLuEj99d0
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i think the flight up is the scariest part.
I imagine the return trip is almost as scary. Can you imagine the relief of setting foot on "solid ground" again though? :)
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I used to think the term «TDS» was hyperbole, but I can see it clearly now. It really is a thing, and it’s mutated into EDS as well. People can’t be positive about anything even tangentially related to Those Who Shall Not Be Named, even a space rescue mission. It’s honestly just sad to observe.
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip, That started from this tropic port Aboard a Boeing ship Two astronauts went up that day, They both were brave and true, The Starliner delivered them, To join ISS crew. ...for an eight day station tour. The testing on the Starliner, Was thoroughly performed. Although it probably was safe, The NASA team were warned. So the Starliner came home to Eart…
I remember some discourse saying they were not "trapped" in space (as in physically unable to get to earth safely), they just didn't want there to be only one american crew member on the ISS, or something along those lines. Is anyone on the ISS now, or did they all come home?
They were scheduled to stay there for 8 days and had Boeing's vessel proven flight worthy, they would have returned after 8 days. The messaging beyond that was just political in nature. They could have been rescued, but were left on the station until after the election. The situation resulted in significant issues for the next crewing [1] leading to some interesting things like the first time a Russian cosmonaut was…
This continues to be silly. There were changes to Crew 9, last summer, when it was decided that it would be logistically easier for two (instead of four) astronauts to go up and the two Boeing crew would come down with them on the Crew 9 craft in February/March 2025 (that would be now). This has always been the plan, the only politics being injected here are people insisting on grandstanding and making drama where there is none.
You can disagree with the decision (though, again, why), but it was a decision. There was no dereliction of duty, no stranding of astronauts since September, and this was not some high-stakes rescue.